John WOOD

(1816-1898)

WOOD, John, (uncle of Alan
Wood, Jr.), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Philadelphia, Pa., September 6, 1816; attended the Friends Society
schools of Philadelphia; employed by his father in the manufacture
of tools and agricultural machinery 1832-1840; engaged in the
manufacture of iron and steel near Wilmington, Del., 1841-1844;
moved to Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1844 and engaged
in the milling of iron and steel; first burgess of Conshohocken,
Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1859-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860;
resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died in Conshohocken,
Pa., May 28, 1898; interment in Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown,
Montgomery County, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present